Born in New Zealand and brought up in Australia, Luke Ronchi is a wicket-keeper-batsman, who has played for both the countries. He migrated to Perth at a very early age and played First-Clas...Full profile

Born in New Zealand and brought up in Australia, Luke Ronchi is a wicket-keeper-batsman, who has played for both the countries. He migrated to Perth at a very early age and played First-Class cricket for Western Australia. Even during the early part of his career, Ronchi was known for playing powerful shots. With an impressive 2007-08 domestic season, he was called as a replacement for Brad Haddin against the West Indies. In the four ODIs Ronchi played, he showed his skill with the bat and behind the stumps.

Ronchi, scored the third fastest fifty for an Australian in the fourth match of the West Indies series. His fifty came off just 22 balls. However, after a fine start to his ODI career, his form with the bat declined and subsequently, was dropped from the state side as well.

After Ronchi was overlooked by Western Australia's think-tank, he shifted to the country of his birth. The Wellington set-up gave him a contract and he immediately made an impact, scoring runs and having a good time behind the wickets. After qualifying to play for New Zealand in 2013, he was called up for the series against England.

Ronchi has been considered as a specialist in the shorter formats of the game. He has been a regular member of the ODI and T20I squads since his New Zealand debut. He has played some crucial innings coming down the order. He scored back-to-back fifties against South Africa at home in October 2014, before doing reasonably well against Pakistan in the UAE. He and Grant Elliott also ripped apart Sri Lanka's bowling attack to stitch a record sixth-wicket stand of 267 in the fifth ODI of the seven-match series in Dunedin. Consistent performances made him a certainty in the squad for the 2015 World Cup.

But then everything started going wrong. Despite New Zealand having a terrific World Cup and making the final, Ronchi himself had a poor tournament with the bat. That poor form has stuck with him ever since. He's in a rut for sure, but there's plenty of experience in there to be able to get out of it.

Fact: Ronchi became the first player in 20 years after Kepler Wessels to play for two ICC member nations.